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Sui Generis

Doumeki couldn't help himself when it came to Watanuki. The boy was a magnet for disaster, even in things unspiritly. But mostly in subjects of the opposite sex. For example, at the moment his friend, albeit unacknowledged friend, was constructing a dance of such beligerence it was hard even for one so stoic to remain that way. The dance consisted of ferocious growls and sudden soft mewls of frustration that were undeniably being timed to violent spasms of the arms, legs, and hips. On occasion Watanuki would put in a very speedy twirl to emphasize a particular point.

Doumeki couldn't do anything for him either. He really didn't want to lose his OTHER eye.

And besides, if his calculations were correct, the dance would soon end abruptly as Watanuki would finally sense his presence; Himawari's conversation with another classmate ended. The boy in front of him did something very awkward, well that is to say, more awkward for him. Watanuki's whole body went rigid, and only his head began to twist around behind him.

" What are YOU doing here?"

Ah, recognition. Doumeki knew what to do here. He had studied Watanuki enough to know his place, and how to act around this creature of habit. And so...

" Just watching an idiot dance."

Doumeki walked on passed the sputtering boy, who was now creating a different kind of display: violent, shaking, strangling motions. Watanuki really was physically verbal as a species. All of his messages were accompanied be some sort of physical motion, that needed to be read to understand. Thankfully, Doumeki had read them all, and knew this dance of threats was only a bluff, and his life remained quite safe.

Watanuki's screaming hit a higher decibil and Doumeki, as usual put a finger in his ear, trying to communicate in Watanuki's own language his discomfort, but apparently he used the wrong dialect, because it only made the boy yell louder. Doumeki didn't care much what he was saying in that high pitched scream, and so Doumeki left him standing there in the yard of the school.

After all he had to go to archery club. With out the practice how could he hope to keep safe this unique specimen? With out Doumeki, the species would go extinct. Doumeki smiled, and of course no one was around to bear witness, when he thought, ' Watanuki Kimihiro. You really are in a class all your own.'

End.

sui generis soo-eye-JEN-uh-ris adjective

: constituting a class alone : unique, peculiar